Thomas Nast
.A: No Barrel, No Loaves

ArtistAmerican, 1840–1902
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • .A: No Barrel, No Loaves
  • .B: The Country Backs You, Mr. President
  • .C: / Although 'Twas but a Faded Flower, It Was the Button-Hole Bouquet of teh Democratic Breast
DateOctober 10,1885
Printed inUnited States
MediumWood engravings on newsprint
DimensionsPlate (.A, No Barrel, No Loaves): 4 3/8 × 4 9/16 in. (11.1 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.B, Country Backs You): 5 1/8 × 4 9/16 in. (13 × 11.6 cm)
Plate (.C, Faded Flower): 4 7/16 × 4 1/2 in. (11.3 × 11.4 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 10 7/8 in. (40.6 × 27.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Thomas Nast Graphics
Object number89.766.A-.C
Non exposé

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ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
printed on the plates lower right .A and.C: Th.Nast.
printed on the plate lower left .B: Th.Nast.

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